Synthesizers

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Ah, you mean like this?

Actually no....not a fan of Tommy Emmanuel...and I don't want to turn this into a guitar V keyboard thread...however have a look at Guthrie Govan :


...or Eric Johnson

 
I did some work in the early 80's on the Motorola 6800 processor. I didn't know it could do much more than count though.
Well, it was actually powering the venerable Fairlight CMI that was an essential ingredient in thousands upon thousand of productions from the early eighties, including Trevoir Horn Productions (Yes, Propaganda, Frankie goes to Hollywood), Art of Noise, ABC, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Rush, Icehouse, Jean-Michel Jarre, Stewart Copeland / The Police, ... really anything produced in a major studio.
The CMI II had dual 6800s, with one 6800 for each voice card. The CMI III had dual 68000s, but still with a dual 6800 configuration for the UI and input/output sections, as well as 8x6800 for 16 voice operations.
 
Actually no....not a fan of Tommy Emmanuel...and I don't want to turn this into a guitar V keyboard thread...however have a look at Guthrie Govan :


...or Eric Johnson

but while we're on the subject of guitar equilibrists, how about this (ignore all the smoking and faffing about, listen to the music):


While I am not sure I care too much about the man, I do think he is one of the most technically gifted electric guitarists ever.
Especially the stuff at 3:36 and about two minutes onward is truly his own. Hammering was a technique pioneered by others, but mr van Halen did take this from its infancy into a whole new league.
 
Hey, @st1! Check out that dude Raphael Wressing on a Hammond organ right now on ARD-alpha 12266H
*Writing down B3 on my wish list*
 
Best to start them young and get the plan for world stardom in place.

I think Allan Holdsworth started young. A special mention for him and his synth guitar the synthaxe.


What a genius.
 
What a genius.
Homegrown , twice.

(I may have to dig deep for Christmas).



There was a Korg M3 88 nearby in an exchange shop for about the month's mortgage , but I couldn't possibly.
 
Great example of analogue fun. Some of the really early sequencers would relax time very slightly by milliseconds so his gear is too good!

There was a time when some manufacturers tried to build sample banks imitating analogue synths but it didn't really work of course, it is too difficult to capture the variability of the analogue timbres then give the same range of manipulation.

It is also much slower to fiddle around with most computer based interfaces. The knobs on analogue synths make it quick and easy to manipulate them in an additive blend once it is learnt. The guy on the video shows that, it looks like a heath robinson nightmare but he can make instant changes and instantly hear the result.

So there is a lot to be said for the unique sounds of analogue synths and for getting the yoofs interested in them. I think there is still a lot of scope to use analogue tape in recording samples then digitizing them from analogue, digitizing from open analogue recordings, and in using analogue desks for general mixing to get more air in, and not just with electronic music like 8 bit and grime stuff.
 
rol1.webp rol2.webp I´ve got one of these, if it fits in this section

Sorry, need to shrink the file size!
 
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